From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Christian Volkmann <haveaniceday@cv-sv.de>
Cc: Claas Langbehn <claas@rootdir.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Via C3: other flags possible ?
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 14:59:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200705201459.46357.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <464F7C09.8060809@cv-sv.de>
> C7 Esther:
> Hmm, I expect the NX-Bit should be detected from linux during the
> boot. The NX function bit seems to be at the same place where it's
> located for other CPU.
> Unfortunately I have no C7 hardware and I am too much a beginner
> in kernel programming to prepare this "dry".
>
> May be a "senior kernel programmer" can easy check if the C7 runs
> through the regular NX-function detection?
If it's in CPUID (nx in /proc/cpuinfo flags) it should just work.
NX also doesn't need to be handled in the early CPUID bits detection
because the kernel can handle it not being there fine. Only bits
who when missing cause the kernel to panic early or crash need to
be tested there.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-20 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-17 0:09 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 Christian
2007-05-17 0:42 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-17 1:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-17 1:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-17 1:39 ` Christian
2007-05-17 21:28 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-17 21:47 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-17 21:59 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-31 5:22 ` [RFC: 2.6 patch] i386: remove support for the Rise CPU Adrian Bunk
2007-05-31 13:31 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-31 17:37 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-31 17:48 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-19 10:22 ` 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 Hans de Bruin
2007-05-17 8:56 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-17 11:51 ` Andi Kleen
2007-05-17 15:02 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-17 22:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-19 5:53 ` 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 II Andi Kleen
2007-05-19 6:02 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-19 11:47 ` Andi Kleen
2007-05-19 17:23 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-19 8:22 ` Claas Langbehn
2007-05-19 18:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-19 11:42 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-19 11:54 ` Andi Kleen
2007-05-23 21:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-19 17:26 ` Claas Langbehn
2007-05-19 20:22 ` Via C3: other flags possible ? Christian Volkmann
2007-05-19 22:36 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-19 22:52 ` Via C3/C7: " Simon Arlott
2007-05-20 8:19 ` Claas Langbehn
2007-05-20 13:14 ` Christian Volkmann
2007-05-20 12:59 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-05-19 17:54 ` 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 II Claas Langbehn
2007-05-17 1:10 ` 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 Linus Torvalds
2007-05-17 1:25 ` Christian
2007-05-17 2:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-17 3:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-17 3:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-05-17 4:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-17 6:18 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-17 6:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-17 6:17 ` Dave Jones
2007-05-17 9:22 ` Hans de Bruin
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